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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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The stock head gaskets on a 2005 1200 are fiber. The o-rings don't fit in the holes, on the gasket over the dowels. Fit the dowels fine. The book says they go under the head gasket. That raises the head gasket off the cylinder deck? Starnge. I thought Ok that's what the book says. Put it together, fired it up and the gasket blew out on that side of the head. Any ideas? When I took the heads off the olk gasket were all but fused into the metal. The o-ring were in tact.
 
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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If you get some cometic gaskets you can eliminate the orings all together
 
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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S&S Head Gaskets don't use O-Rings either...You may have a superceded replacement set of gaskets...
 
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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The new replacement head gaskets don't use the O ring anymore.
 
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